Chartist Land Plan

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The Chartist Land Plan was a 19th-century British social and political reform scheme led by Feargus O'Connor that aimed to resettle urban workers on small rural plots to secure them the property qualification for voting.

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Chartist 1
Chartist Land Plan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chartist movement initiative
land reform scheme
political reform scheme
aim extend political rights to working class men
resettle urban workers on small rural plots
secure property qualification for voting
alternativeName National Land Plan
O'Connor's Land Scheme
companyName National Land Company
country United Kingdom
criticizedFor lottery-style allocation of land
unrealistic financial assumptions
dissolutionDate early 1850s
endCause administrative problems
financial mismanagement
legal difficulties
feature construction of cottages on plots
rent or mortgage payments to the company
goal create a class of independent smallholders
enable parliamentary franchise through property ownership
reduce urban poverty
historicalSignificance experiment in working-class land ownership
part of broader Chartist campaign for the vote
ideology Chartism
agrarianism
democratic reform
implementedAt Heronsgate
Lowbands
Minster Lovell
Snigs End
inspiredBy ideas of small-scale proprietorship
investigationBy House of Commons Select Committee
leader Feargus O'Connor
legalForm joint-stock company
legalStatus declared illegal as a lottery-like scheme
locationOfHeadquarters London
linked to: London, England
method allocation of plots by ballot
purchase of estates
subdivision of land into smallholdings
movement Chartism
oppositionFrom Board of Trade
British government
linked to: UK government
plotSize smallholdings of 2 to 4 acres
proponent Feargus O'Connor
relatedTo Chartist petitions
People's Charter
linked to: Chartism
startDate 1845
targetGroup industrial workers
urban working class
timePeriod 19th century

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Feargus O'Connor notableFor Chartist Land Plan
Chartist Land Company ideology Chartist
linked to: Chartist Land Plan